General News (Archive)

MoD:  New Successor Submarines Named – (MoD:  UK troops to bolster NATO mission in Kosovo ~ MoD:  UK-led exercise ensures NATO is match fit to deal with any threat ~ MoD:  UK to resume training of Syrian opposition to fight Daesh ~ MoD:  World War 2 airmen's graves rededicated ~ MoD:  Surveillance aircraft support deal sustains around 160 UK jobs ~ MoD:  UK maritime personnel train the Libyan Coastguard)

Met Office:  100th anniversary of military weather forecasting

10DS:  Prime Minister hosts 2016 Diwali reception at Downing Street

HMT:  Young Londoners Sample Life as a Treasury Official

DfE:  New apprenticeship funding to transform investment in skills

DCMS:  Search begins for the Chair of the new BBC Board

LGA:  Councils respond to launch of Government review into gaming machines – (LGA:  Counting the value of community involvement)

ScotGov:  Baby Box design competition launched – (ScotGov:  Higher Education Student Support for Scotland 2015-16)

WAG:  North Wales named Top Region Globally for 2017

CCC: UK aviation emissions must be consistent with UK climate change commitments

HEFCE:  Operating model for quality assessment: Annual Provider Review

ESRC launches 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize

STFC:  Outstanding success for UK companies in European space innovation contest

Environment Agency:  Thank you to the volunteers from the River Thames – (EA:  Anglers urged to help protect Norfolk Broads pike stock ~ EA:  Averies brothers convicted after notorious major fires ~ EA:  Fish find shows mine water scheme is reaping rewards)

Fisherman fined £1,255 for fisheries offences in case brought by MMO

VMD:  Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus type 2: vaccines

Ofgem:  More customers in vulnerable situations to receive help under the Priority Services Register – (Ofgem: 
Co-operative Energy to pay £1.8m for customer service failings
)

Consumer Council for Water:  Let’s keep it clear with advice on what not to flush

EHRC chair meets Polish ambassador to discuss rise in hate crime – (EHRC:  New stop & search training & guidance for police ~ EHRC:  Forcing working mothers from jobs costs business £280m each year)

Children’s Commissioner:  Now let’s ensure all children are protected – (England’s Children’s Commissioner urges local councils to continue to find more places for Calais children ~ Children’s Commissioner:  Now is the time to talk about turning Children's Centres into ‘Family Hubs’ to support children in need)

FDA:  HMRC reports £36bn tax gap: another missed opportunity for Government due to lack of investment

IEA:  The Government should not put all its eggs in one basket on airport expansion

Arts Council England:  Hear the underground sounds of Europe in London with Match & Fuse – (ACE Collection announces National Partners’ Programme of exhibitions for 2017 ~ ACE:  How to look after Human Remains)

RoSPA:  Avoid a Halloween fright night by keeping kids safe from fireworks & sparklers – (RoSPA: #OSHtober – raising awareness of workplace accidents ~ RoSPA: Daylight savings at 100 – a century of wasted opportunity)

Skills Funding Agency:  Revised National Careers Service website launched

EU News:  Multi-country Salmonella outbreak

TfL:  Londoners hop on to free second trips – (TfL: All London black cabs to take cards & contactless payments from Monday)

TUC: Collapse of EU-Canada trade deal should be a wake-up call to politicians – (TUC worried by rise in the number of people paid below the minimum wage ~ The gender pay gap is closing at “a snail’s pace”, warns TUC ~ TUC: Feeble growth figures show why government must act in the Autumn Statement)

Unite:  Post Office managers to strike on 31 October over closure of pension fund

WWF:  Belize Offshore Seismic Testing Suspended After Outcry – (WWF:  Hundreds of Snow Leopards poached each year ~ WWF:  Expanding airport capacity makes little business and no environmental sense)

Unicef:  Major campaign launched to immunize 5.8m Iraqi children against polio – (Unicef:  145 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan)

How Lambeth Council undertakes effective know your citizen (KYC) / ID checks to prevent fraud